use-boop-simple

Minimal React hook for Josh W. Comeau's "Boop" effect.

Designed with bundle size in mind - less than 3KB gzipped!

use-boop-simple itself is less than 1.5KB gzipped.

Internally, use-boop-simple uses wobble for spring physics, which is 1.5-1.7KB gzipped.

Comparatively, animation libraries like React Spring and Framer Motion are far larger:

• @react-spring/web: 20-25KB gzipped
• framer-motion: ~50KB gzipped

Install

npm install use-boop-simple

yarn add use-boop-simple

pnpm add use-boop-simple

Usage

import { useBoop } from "use-boop-simple";

function Boop({ children }) {
  const [style, trigger] = useBoop({ rotate: 15 });
  //     ^? { transform: "translate(Xpx, Ypx) rotate(Rdeg) scale(S)" }

  return (
    <span style={style} onMouseEnter={trigger}>
      {children}
    </span>
  );
}

API

useBoop(options): [style, trigger]

A hook that returns a tuple containing a CSS style object and a function to trigger the boop effect. The style object should be applied to the element you want to animate.

Respects the user's preference for reduced motion. If the user prefers reduced motion, the style object will be empty.

options

Type: object

x

Type: number
Default: 0

The target value to translate towards on the x-axis.

y

Type: number
Default: 0

The target value to translate towards on the y-axis.

rotate

Type: number
Default: 0

The target value to rotate towards.

scale

Type: number
Default: 1

The target value to scale towards.

tension

Type: number
Default: 300

Stiffness of the spring.

friction

Type: number
Default: 10

Damping of the spring's motion due to the forces of friction.

timing

Type: number
Default: 150

How long the boop effect should last, in milliseconds, before animating back to the original state.

usePrefersReducedMotion()

A hook that returns a boolean indicating whether the user prefers reduced motion.

Reflects the current state of the prefers-reduced-motion media query.

Limitations

• Does not support all possible transform values (e.g. skew, 3D transforms, transformations on individual axes, etc.)

• Does not support configuring the mass of the spring

• Does not support advanced spring configuration (overdamping, rest velocity/displacement thresholds)

• Currently uses useEffect instead of useLayoutEffect (see React Spring's useIsomorphicLayout for more information)

Development

Requires pnpm 9.

Related

• use-boop - Extended react hook for Josh Comeau's boop effect. Uses React Spring.
• react-spring - A spring physics based React animation library.
• framer-motion - Open source, production-ready animation and gesture library for React.